Vehicle-tire.



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952,951. T 1 Patented Mar. 22,;910.

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.and the fastening device.

WILLIAM'W'ALTER. SCOTT, OF HAMPTON, VIRGINIA.

VEHICLE-TIRE.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, \Vnamiu \V. Soo'r'i, a citizen of the United States, and a resident. of Hampton, in the county of Elizabeth City and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ehicle-Tircs, of which the following a specification.

My invention relates to vehicle tires for emergency purposes and it consists of the combinations, constructions. and arrange ments of parts herein described and claimed.

An objectof my invention to provide a tire which may be carried with the vehicle,

. screwed into the opening 7 in the and which maybeslipped on in lieu of a I damaged tire so that the vehicle may be tire may be repaired.

A further object of my invention is to enabling one to place a tire on a rim and to tighten the same so as to prevent any dan- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mal. 22, 1910.

Application filed october 7,

1909. Serial No. 521,591.

of the bolts 5 and (5. .The latter are provided with heads 10 and 11 which bear against the plate when the tire, is being tightened. 1n the construction of the tire, the platcs are first inserted, in the ends, as before mentioned, and a central rod 1:2 is passed through the central openings 13 in the plates, and is forced into the ends of the tire so as to be embedded therein, as shown in Fig. 2. The bolts '5 and (i are then passed through the openings at and their ends are plate 3. The normal position of the bolts 18 such that the ends of the tire are far enough apart so as to permit the tire to be slipped 1 over the rim of the wheel. Now by turning drawn back to the place Where the damaged 1 the heads it) and 11, the end 1 of the tire is drawn up toward the end 1 the rod 12 guiding the movement of the ends ot the tire provide a devlce of simple construction for ger of the tire becoming loosened and being forced from the rim, during the return of the vehlcle.

toward each o her. It will thus be seen that by having the tire of a size to accommodate a wheel of a given diameter, the emergency lire may he slipped on after the removal of the damaged tire.

Further objects and advantages will ap pear in the following specification and the novel ieatures will be particularly pointed out- 111 the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of aportion of the tire showing one embodiment or my mven- 1 tion. Fig. 2 is a section through the tire, i

Fig. 3 is a section along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective \-'iew showing plates.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of a solid tire body of any convenient form. The two ends of the tire, l and l", res ec tigely, are bent around and brought to gether. The transverse plate passes through the end 1 of the tire, While a similar transverse plate 3 is passed through the end 1. The plate 2 is perforated at 4-, to accommodate the bolts 5 and 6. The plate 3 has threaded openings 7 arranged to receive the threaded ends 8 and 9, respectively,

the clamping A tire providedwith a fastening device of the kind described above may be adjusted in a very shorttime, and be firmlyheld from displacement.

' I claim:

1. .\n emergency tire comprising a-soiid body portion, transverse plates'secured near the ends of said body portion, a central guide rod embedded in the ends of said tire, and arranged for movement through said plates, and bolts arranged to ass through one of said plates and providec with threaded ends arranged to enga 'e threaded openings in the other of said p ates.

2. An emergency tire comprising a solid body portion, transverse plates secured near the ends o't'said body portion, a guide member carried by the ends of said tire and ar- M. B. TIGNOR, A T. J. HAsKiNs. 

